#4A99BF#4A99BF

#4A99BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.096 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99BF
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -12.76, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 29.79, 244.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0594 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.096 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6156, 27.9976, 53.4396)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99BF #BF704A

analogous

#4ABFAA #4A99BF #4A5FBF

triadic

#4A99BF #BF4A99 #99BF4A

tetradic

#4A99BF #AA4ABF #BF704A #5FBF4A

square

#4A99BF #AA4ABF #BF704A #5FBF4A

split-complementary

#4A99BF #BF4A5F #BFAA4A

monochromatic

#255369 #357797 #4A99BF #77B2CF #A4CCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4A99BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#4A99BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99BF

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99BF	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.096 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d2',
    500: '#4a99bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99bf;
$custom-light: #87b7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.487,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64878,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99BF

secondary

#CCA999

accent

#7C50D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99BF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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